From award-winning filmmaker Julie Sokolow comes this loving portrait of Mark Baumer, an environmental activist, avant-garde writer, and vegan, who hiked barefoot for over 100 days across America to draw attention to climate change.

In a voice The New Yorker praised as ‘reminiscent of Andy Kaufman’ and the Boston Globe celebrated as ‘goofily joyous’, Baumer narrates his offbeat take on life and how we all can make a difference. Skillfully edited from Baumer’s own self-recorded videos, along with interviews from family and friends, it’s a moving portrait filled with laughs, tragedy, and inspiration. A movie about a man who loved life, loved the world, and it showed in everything he did. The Hollywood Reporter “An affectionate and inspiring portrait of someone who walked the walk.” Barefoot is a “clear-eyed documentary” about “a man who discarded not merely his shoes, but also the trappings and constraints of the contemporary rat race.”

AWARDS

Best Documentary Premiere - Heartland International Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature - Omaha Film Festival, The Inspiration Award - Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, Rob Stewart Conservation Award - Byron Bay International Film Festival